MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR In these uncertain political and economic times, the necessity for enhanced global understanding and international business acumen becomes ever more apparent. This past year the Ahlers Center for International Business continued to provide international educational opportunities for our faculty, students, the local business community and our extended stakeholders. These on-going activities included study abroad programs, seminars, conferences, lectures and research all to support competency in global business issues. However, this past year we have also expanded and deepened our programs, which necessitate collaborations with our excellent international partners. Together we want to create mutually beneficial learning experiences—to build educational and knowledge-based opportunities—that cannot be done in isolation. The partnerships with other international organizations and our distinguished alumni around the globe allow us to design and deliver ever more innovative and necessary global learning opportunities. What we can achieve together is so much greater than what we can do alone. We are privileged to have such a strong international network of partnerships that continue to grow to co-create exciting new educational possibilities. This will be the future—partnering, sharing knowledge, co-creating—so together we can prepare our students, faculty and extended communities to be better global citizens. Denise Dimon, PhD Associate Provost for International Affairs and Director Ahlers Center for International Business
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Events 4 Graduate Study Abroad 22 Executive Education 6 Short-Term Graduate Study Abroad 28 International Partnerships Undergraduate International and Customized Programs 10 Business Major and Minor 34 Faculty Development 12 Scholarship Support 36 2 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO THE AHLERS CENTER HOSTED APPROXIMATELY 90 EVENTS IN THE 2015-16 ACADEMIC YEAR
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 3 Events International Business Speaker Series The Ahlers Center International Speaker Series provides an opportunity for students, faculty and the business community to be exposed to top international thinkers and leaders. This past year, the Ahlers Center for International Business welcomed distinguished business professionals and educators from around the world. Reflecting the multi-faceted, diverse interests of our students and members of the local business community, these speakers shared their insight and experience on a wide range of topics pertinent to global business. Presentations included:
“The Disciplined Listening Method: “From State-Controlled Enterprise to Leveraging Truth to Create Strategic Entrepreneurial Global Disrupters: Business Advantages” China’s Automotive Industry Revolution” MICHAEL REDDINGTON, Vice President of MICHAEL DUNNE, President, Dunne & Executive Education, Wicklander-Zulawski & Company Associates “Incubating Innovation at IDEO” “Building a Career in Social Innovation MELANIE BELL-MAYEDA, Associate Partner and Entrepreneurship” and Managing Director and ROSHAN PAUL, CEO, Amani Institute CLARK SCHEFFY, Partner, IDEO “From Local to Global: The Story of “Do the Right Thing and the Money Will Stone Brewing Company” Follow. It Always Does.” GREG KOCH, CEO and Co-Founder, Stone BOB MAGGIORE, Chief Marketing Officer, Brewing Company TaylorMade Golf “An American Start-Up in China— Lessons from an Expat” CHRIS GIBSON, Vice President of Market Entry Services, iPai Auction
View videos of these and additional presentations at http://www.sandiego.edu/AhlersSpeakerSeries
4 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO San Diego Microfinance Summit For nearly 10 years, the Ahlers Center has partnered with local microfinance organizations and other university centers to offer an annual event that highlights emerging trends in microfinance, both on a local and global scale. This past spring, we offered Microfinance in the Round, an event that attracted nearly 100 individuals for an evening of networking, learning and roundtable discussions. Topics covered included approaches to financial empowerment, the microloan process, client impact and jobs in microfinance, to name a few. Educators, practitioners, entrepreneurs, students and members from the local business community enjoyed refreshments from local microfinance clients who shared their experiences with the loan process and the impact that the capital has had on them both professionally and personally.
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 5 pictured left to right: Kannan-Narasimhan, Barkacs, Sutherland, Ivanic Executive Education Global Business Strategy Certificate Program Today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving global business environment necessitates that organizations stay current with the key trends, opportunities and strategies for conducting business across borders. We offer the Certificate in Global Business Strategy, designed for business professionals who wish to develop a cross-functional approach to management and leadership challenges. This past academic year, USD School of Business faculty and industry leaders taught a diverse selection of seminars including:
Corporate Entrepreneurship Design Thinking: Customer-Centric RANGAPRIYA KANNAN-NARASIMHAN, Innovation Assistant Professor of Management RICARDO DOS SANTOS, Management Consultant Cross-Cultural Negotiations LINDA BARKACS, Associate Professor Strategic Growth, Financial Profitability of Business Law and Free Cash Flow Valuation MARKO SVETINA, Associate Professor New Venture Financing of Finance DENNIS ZOCCO, Professor of Finance Leadership, Power and Politics Strategies for World-Class Global LINDA BARKACS, Associate Professor Sourcing and Procurement of Business Law JOEL SUTHERLAND, Managing Director, Optimizing your Global Supply Chain Supply Chain Management Institute JOEL SUTHERLAND, Managing Director, Supply Chain Management Institute Brand Management in the Global Context Data Analytics for Marketing Success THOMAS YANG, Lecturer in Marketing AARTI IVANIC, Assistant Professor of Marketing
6 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO “As a business development professional with a computer science background, the Global Business Strategy Certificate program was the perfect combination of lectures, case- studies and role-plays to gain and improve my understanding of global business…a great experience with outcomes that can be directly applied in my daily duties.” —ALEXANDRE DIALLO, Project Manager
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 7 8 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE WERE SERVED BY VARIOUS AHLERS CENTER ACTIVITIES IN THE 2015-16 ACADEMIC YEAR
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 9 International Partnerships and Customized Programs The Ahlers Center designs and delivers executive programs on international themes for participants from around the world. These programs, which can range from one to four weeks, are created specifically for top managers, business educators or students to enhance their global perspectives. COPPEAD Graduate School of Business, UFRJ, Brazil In October 2015, the Ahlers Center arranged a one-week custom program on Innovation and Design-Driven Strategies for Competitive Differentiation for 20 Executive MBA students from COPPEAD in Brazil. The participants took part in workshops led by USD faculty and local industry professionals, which explored innovation in emerging markets, large organizations, establishing new ventures, facilitating organizational culture and more. Additionally, the group had the opportunity to visit Qualcomm’s headquarters and hear from their intrapreneurship team about the tech giant’s approach to enhancing ideation, innovation and collaboration among its global workforce. FOM University of Applied Sciences, Germany In the spring and summer of 2016, the Ahlers Center organized two custom programs for business students from FOM University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Approximately 60 students took part in the multi-week programs, which included sessions with USD faculty and industry professionals, as well as visits to San Diego-based multinational corporations such as WD-40, Stone Brewing Company and TaylorMade Adidas Golf. The classroom and corporate learning experiences highlighted management best practices and strategies for international sales, marketing, entrepreneurship and leadership initiatives.
10 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO “For me, this whole semester here in San Diego has been one of the more useful experiences in my life. I took courses with students from around the world taught by professors who are actually active and working in those areas. The experience gave me a chance to create a global network.” — student testimonial CETYS University, Mexico The Ahlers Center invited MBA students from CETYS University in Mexico, to take part in a two- day workshop during the FOM University of Applied Sciences, Germany, custom program at USD. This bi-cultural workshop on Global Strategy and Entrepreneurship paired Mexican and German business students, who formed creative value propositions for international business opportunities. It was an impactful experience for the students, leading to new perspectives, friendships and connections. Americas Competitiveness Center: A USD and Tecnológico de Monterrey Partnership In partnership with Tecnológico de Monterrey, the Ahlers Center offers a semester-long certificate program for Tecnológico de Monterrey undergraduate business students. These students live on USD’s campus during the spring semester, during which time they take classes with USD students and prepare for summer internships in San Diego. The Ahlers Center helps the students build strong resumes, practice for their interviews and articulate their future career goals. The students then intern with a company that aligns with the students’ individual career goals and area of study. These internships allow the students to further explore their career interests, learn about U.S. business customs and etiquette, gain relevant workplace experience, build their network and explore other business areas to help them broaden their perspectives and horizons. The program concludes with the students presenting a portfolio that showcases their work and accomplishments during the internship. Some of these internships have even transformed into job offers for the students.
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 11 Faculty Development Faculty Development Trip to Dubai and Kuwait City The Ahlers Center supports faculty to successful entrepreneurial spirit. In addition expand their expertise, in both research to company visits, there was also a meeting and curriculum development, by providing with representatives at Kuwait University, opportunities to partake in development trips which helped faculty connect with others abroad. This year’s faculty development trip working in the same discipline and for the was in Dubai and Kuwait City where 22 USD School of Business to establish a collaborative faculty members enriched their knowledge partnership in hopes of future development and understanding of the Middle East by and growth. The faculty realized first-hand the connecting with faculty and alumni, as well “opportunities and challenges facing some as visiting several companies. The faculty countries in the Middle East,” which can now first visited the city of Dubai, a metropolis be incorporated in their international courses. of skyscrapers, urban infrastructure projects Without a doubt, the highlight of the trip was and a global workforce. One of the visits to the welcoming interactions and discussions Emirates Airlines, “tremendously improved with our USD alumni in both countries. One my understanding of the business, financial faculty member commented that through this and economic practices of the region,” noted they were able to “obtain a greater appreciation one faculty member. Each company visit and understanding for the cultural differences provided a framework of Dubai’s unparalleled and opportunities in the Middle East.” transformation from a developing emirate to a center of the global Islamic economy. ORGANIZATIONS VISITED DURING Next, the faculty traveled to Kuwait, a THE SPRING 2016 FACULTY geographically small but wealthy country. DEVELOPMENT TRIP INCLUDE: Strategically located on reserves that make up more than six percent of the world’s crude • DUBAI—KHDA Knowledge and Human oil, Kuwait is currently highly dependent Development Authority, Emirates Airlines, on the success of this natural resource but Dubai Holding, Dubai Media Office seeking economic diversification. Several • KUWAIT—Kuwait University’s College of of our alumni’s activities highlight this Business, Gatehouse Capital, M.H. Alshaya
12 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 13 14 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO THE AHLERS CENTER HOSTED MORE THAN
150 INTERNATIONAL VISITING GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM PARTNER INSTITUTIONS IN THE 2015-16 ACADEMIC YEAR
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 15 pictured left to right: Deshpande, Zhu, Kniazeva, Ma Faculty Research Grants The Ahlers Center supports the international research of full-time faculty through research awards and grants. Within the past year, the following faculty received support from the Ahlers Center for their scholarly work:
SHREESH DESHPANDE, MARKO SVETINA MANZUR RAHMAN AND PENGCHENG ZHU “Corporate Governance Systems “Impact of European Commission Merger Diversity: A Coasian Perspective on Regulation on US Domestic M&As” Stakeholder Rights” (with Dorothy Feils Journal of Multinational Financial Management and Florin Şabac) Journal of Business Ethics MARIA KNIAZEVA “Eastern Spirituality in the Western PENGCHENG ZHU Marketplace” “Internationalization Process, Impact Qualitative Market Research: An International of Slack Resources and Role of the CEO: Journal The Duality of Structure and Agency in Evolution of Cross-Border Acquisition” ALYSON MA (with Dev K. Dutta and Shavin Malhotra) “Spatial Linkages and Export Processing Journal of World Business Location in China” (with Ari Van Assche) and The World Economy “An International Study of Shareholder “Global Value Chains and Trade-Income Protection in Freeze-out M&A Relationship: Implications for the Recent Transactions” (with Wenjing Ouyang) Trade Slowdown” (with Bryon Ganges and International Review of Financial Analysis Ari Van Assche) The Global Trade Slowdown: A New Normal? (Center for Economics Policy Research)
16 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO Support for International Visiting Scholars During the 2015-16 academic year, the Ahlers Center welcomed numerous international short-term scholars and faculty members. These guests allow us to continue to enhance the global reputation of the School of Business, as well as provide international perspectives in the classroom. Short-term scholars collaborate with USD faculty on various research projects and support the faculty in their academic endeavors. The Ahlers Center also hosts highly respected academics from around the world to teach and lecture at USD. Such visitors contribute to the Ahlers Center’s vision of creating dynamic and globally robust environments in and out of the classroom.
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 17 INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS who spent time at USD during the 2015-16 academic year were: Ivan Valdovinos, PhD Minyue Jin Michael Frenkel, PhD AUGUST–DECEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2015–MARCH 2016 OCTOBER 2015 Visiting from the Tecnológico Minyue Jin is a doctoral Michael Frenkel is a professor de Monterrey, Guadalajara candidate from the University of economics at WHU Campus, Valdovinos spent of Science and Technology Otto Beisheim School of the fall semester at USD of China in Hefei. During her Management in Vallendar, instructing Principles of seven-month stay at USD, Germany. Since 2015, Financial Accounting and Jin worked with Yen-Ting Frenkel has also served International Financial Lin, assistant professor of as the associate dean for Management. Valdovinos operations management, international relations and received his PhD from and Wenli Xiao, assistant diversity at WHU. He has Manchester Business School professor of decision sceinces, instructed courses and and currently holds the roll on several research projects seminars throughout Europe of MBA program director focusing on e-waste recycling and the United States at EGADE Business School, and supply chain. Additionally, both at the graduate and Guadalajara. Jin presented at the School undergraduate level. While of Business Faculty Research at USD, Frenkel instructed an Brown Bag Seminar Series. MBA course entitled European Business Environment– Northern Perspectives.
OUR MASTER’S PROGRAMS IN EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND GLOBAL LEADERSHIP, AS WELL AS THE MBA- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRACK PROGRAM, ALL REQUIRE AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AS PART OF THEIR CURRICULUM
18 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO Paolo Guerrieri Tjeerd Boonman, PhD Sebastian Kortmann, NOVEMBER 2015 JANUARY-JUNE 2016 PhD Paolo Guerrieri is a professor Tjeerd Boonman has a PhD JULY–AUGUST 2016 of international economics in economic sciences from Sebastian Kortmann studied at the University of Rome, ‘La the University of Groningen, industrial engineering and Sapienza,’ as well as a visiting Netherlands. His specialization management at RWTH professor of international is in risk management with a Aachen University, Germany. economics and business research focus on the impact After finishing his PhD in at the College of Europe in of default on economic Muenster, Germany, he Bruges, Belgium. He was growth and debt market became a professor of strategy elected to the Senate of the pressure index. He is currently and innovation at Amsterdam Italian Republic in 2013 and, an assistant professor in Business School, Netherlands, as a senator, serves on the the finance department at where he now holds the role Treasury, Programme and Tecnólogico de Monterrey, of MBA programs director. His Budget Committee. While at campus Guadalajara. While research deals with strategy USD, he instructed an MBA at USD, Boonman instructed as well as technology and course entitled European Advanced Corporate Finance innovation management. Business Environment– and Financial Management to Kortmann returned to USD for Southern Perspectives. undergraduate students. the fifth consecutive summer collaborating with Carsten Zimmermann, associate professor of management, on research regarding reverse innovation and supply chain in emerging markets.
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 19 20 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO MORE THAN 200 GRADUATE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN AN AHLERS CENTER STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN THE 2015-16 ACADEMIC YEAR
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 21 Graduate Study Abroad International Practicums OF INTERNATIONAL The Ahlers Center coordinates business projects to be under- PRACTICUM taken by MBA and undergraduate students for their interna- 2016 SURVEY tional consulting experience. Working under the guidance RESPONDENTS, of USD faculty members, students are able to apply their business knowledge and expertise, add value to a company, develop leadership skills and enhance their cultural awareness 97% agree or strongly agree that in an international environment. The companies benefit from the practicum experience has the analysis of a business problem by a multi-disciplinary improved their effectiveness as team of undergraduate or graduate students with a wide a leader through better under- range of professional backgrounds and skills. In January 2016, standing of team dynamics and teams completed 14 projects in four countries including Bra- their role within a team setting. zil, China, India and Germany.
SAMPLE PROJECTS INCLUDE: BMW Motorrad in Munich, Germany “IT IS IMPRESSIVE which results were realized within one week. The analysis was The student group worked with BMW Motorrad (Motorcy- prepared very well, and we saw new and cles) to strategically plan the company’s expansion in the surprising results regarding the Chinese Chinese market with an emphasis on increasing motorcycle market, the framework over there and the customization. The group provided recommendations on chances for BMW Motorrad.” developing BMW Motorrad’s existing customer base by studying competitor strategies and doing an overall analysis —DOMINIC THONNES, Product of customer trends and segments in China for motorcycles Management at BMW Motorrad focused on Tier 1, 2 and 3 cities. Moreover, the group created a marketing tool to help BMW Motorrad create specific promotional strategies in targeted cities. The team consisted of students from China, India, Germany and the U.S., which provided cross-cultural experiences while allowing students to gather data from a wide range of sources in English, Chinese and German.
22 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO “I KNEW OUR WORK FOR IPAI WAS NOT JUST ACADEMIC in nature, but would actually be used to further develop and grow the company. I truly enjoyed putting the skills I’ve learned during the past two years of my MBA program to use for a company. I found the entire international practicum experience to be incredible and know for a fact that it has greatly contributed to my personal understanding of the world and further enhanced my global mindset.” —EMILY LAPP ’16 MBA iPai in Shanghai, China Way Design in Rio de Janeiro, iPai is the first foreign auction company in Brazil China. One of its current challenges involves Way Design is a high-end furniture store in gaining consignors’ buy in on the starting Rio. Having recently repositioned itself in the auction price and placing their items for Brazilian furniture market, Way Design was auction without advance payment from iPai. looking for ways to redefine its relationship The company was also seeking a more efficient with customers. To this end, the students strategy in creating and following leads for mapped the customer experience by secret new consignors. To solve these problems, shopping the Way Design furniture store the students helped iPai’s sales team to locations throughout the greater metropolitan develop negotiation strategies which involved Rio area. One student team found that identifying a new key value proposition customer experience was not as expected to consignors. They also suggested best by Way Design management and made practices for each category of sales leads and specific recommendations for enhancing the recommended specific negotiations tactics for experience. A second student team completed each category. a demographic, geographic and economic evaluation of the Miami, Florida area for a possible expansion to this market.
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 23 Graduate Semester Exchange Programs In support of providing transformative international experiences for students, the Ahlers Center coordinates semester long exchange opportunities for graduate business students. We welcome exchange students to the University of San Diego campus from all of our 26 partner universities around the globe. These students are fully immersed into Fall 2015 student CESAR WADDINGON, ON the USD experience via enrollment in courses EXCHANGE FROM COPPEAD, UFRJ RIO with domestic students, unlimited access to all DE JANEIRO, recalls: “The level of the classes campus facilities and participation in campus was amazing. The university has a very hands-on clubs and organizations. This academic year the approach regarding the subjects and it felt like a Ahlers Center hosted 29 graduate exchange privilege to be able to attend classes. The campus students representing 14 nationalities. looks like something out of a movie and you feel Incoming exchange students were paired happy just walking around!” with domestic degree seeking students as Fall 2015 exchange student JORGE part of our peer mentor program to help DARIO HIGUERA BERRIO, FROM fully integrate these visitors into the campus UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES IN community. BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, took advantage of all Additionally, the Ahlers Center facilitated USD the campus had to offer by joining a community MBA students’ semester exchange programs gardening campaign and attending 25 forums outside of the United States. Studying abroad and seminars. He fondly recalls his time at USD by in Spain, Germany, Greece or China, these stating: “USD was a great experience. It touched my students improved their second language mind and my heart forever and it printed its spirit skills, advanced their MBA studies and made in my skin. I won´t forget USD’s lovely campus and lasting friendships abroad. beautiful people all around.” Spring 2016 exchange student SARAH HARRACH, FROM ESCA IN CASABLANCA, MOROCCO, reminisces about her experience at USD by stating: “An exchange program is not about only a semester in a life, it is more about a life in only one semester. To me, attending the graduate exchange program at the University of San Diego was a fantastic experience, both due to the interesting studies and amazing people. I will cherish these memories forever.”
24 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO IAN MANAHAN TRAVELED TO EUROPE FOR THE FIRST TIME while he was an MBA student to study in Düsseldorf, Germany, during the spring 2016 semester at WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management. He reflects back on an amazing experience by stating: “While in Germany, I learned how to adapt to a generous and efficient culture for roughly two months and gained pertinent knowledge through my coursework at WHU.” SWASTIK MUKHERJEE spent the fall 2015 semester abroad at Instituto de Empresa (IE) in MADRID, SPAIN. Of his experience, Swastik states: “Gaining international experience is a never-ending sojourn, one that only adds another level to your existing knowledge. It takes you out of your element and places you in a place where you are less comfortable. Out of this lack of comfort arises the need to be flexible and adaptable, enabling you to learn in a new and more practical way. Experiencing other cultures around the world broadens your knowledge base and teaches you to think and live differently. Studying at IE, a top global business school, renowned for its quality in teaching and learning, taught me so much.”
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 25 Ahlers Center for International Business Global Graduate Business Learning Abroad
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IAE Business School Argentina EDHEC Business School France COPPEAD-UFRJ Brazil EM Strasbourg Business School France PUC-RIO Brazil Kedge Business School France Fudan University China NEOMA Business School France Guanghua School of Management China WHU Business School Germany Nanjing University China ALBA Business School Greece Universidad de los Andes Colombia Institute of Management Technology, Aalto University Finland Ghaziabad India
26 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO Exchange Partners Semester exchange partner universities
Courses Abroad Short-term study abroad courses
Practicum Programs International consulting projects
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Bocconi University Italy Asian Institute of Management Philippines LUISS Business School Italy The Lisbon MBA Portugal University of Tsukuba Japan Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Portugal Korea University Business School Korea EADA Business School Spain Kuwait University Kuwait IE Business School Spain Tecnológico de Monterrey Mexico Universidad ORT Uruguay Uruguay ESCA School of Management Morocco
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 27 Short-Term Graduate Business Programs Abroad The Ahlers Center offers several short-term study abroad courses around the globe. By par- ticipating in these programs, graduate business students gain unique academic perspectives and practical knowledge by being exposed to the business and economic environment of the country they choose, through coursework, local expert guest speakers, company visits and the opportunity to participate in numerous socio-cultural activities.
70% OF ALL MBA STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED THIS PAST YEAR PARTICIPATED IN AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
“This experience opened my mind to the ingenuity and resilience of people living in less fortunate countries and how it really is a systematic problem that must be attacked from multiple angles. The application for life and work back home is to look for opportunities to harness mutually-beneficial relationships to achieve more than that which would be possible alone.” —CARL EBERTS ’18 MBA (ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA PROGRAM)
28 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO “Two and a half years of MBA coursework prepared me to interpret financial statements, manage deliverables on behalf of a team, and speak eloquently even without all the answers. However, the program would have been incomplete without my study abroad experience to Madrid and Lisbon, which truly enhanced my personal understanding of the world and my knowledge as a global citizen.” —LAUREN SIMON ’16 MBA
FALL 2015 SPRING 16 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA AND BEIJING, CHINA TOKYO, JAPAN • International Comparative Leadership and Human • Corporate Governance and Values (MBA) Resource Management (MSGL) ROSARITO, MEXICO ROSARITO, MEXICO • Understanding International Business (MSGL) • Understanding International Business (MSGL) SUMMER 16 • Leading Multicultural Teams and Organizations (MBA) MADRID, SPAIN AND LISBON, PORTUGAL INTERSESSION 16 • Legal & Social Environment of Business (MBA) / Global RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL Politics, Policy and Law (MSGL) • International Practicum (MBA) • Global Innovation Strategies (MBA) BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA • Entrepreneurship (MBA) • Strategic Execution, Alliances and Mergers and ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA Acquistions (Corporate Counsel MBA) • Microfinance and Wealth Creation (MBA) • International Strategy and Management (MSGL) LONDON/PARIS/ROME • Global Entrepreneurship for Social Change (MBA) • International Accounting Standards and European HONG KONG, CHINA Business Environment (Masters in Accountancy and • Special Topics in Supply Chain Management (MBA) Taxation/ACCT) • Commercial Real Estate Capital Markets (MSRE) MONDRAGON, SPAIN SHANGHAI, CHINA • Models of Participatory Leadership • International Practicum (MBA) (MBA in conjunction with SOLES) DELHI, INDIA • International Practicum (MBA) MUNICH, GERMANY • International Practicum (MBA)
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 29 MBA-International Track and MSGL Cohort Begin Academic Programs in Rosarito, Mexico The Ahlers Center coordinates a three-day trip to Baja California, Mexico, for MBA and Master of Science in Global Leadership (MSGL) students at the beginning of their academic studies. As a key component of their introduction to USD and each other, the groups are removed from the classroom setting and immersed in team building activities with an international focus, helping them form a solid foundation for the rest of their USD experience. MBA students complete a course in Leading Multi- cultural Teams and Organizations while the MSGL students take a course on Understanding International STUDENT TESTIMONIALS: Business. “I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE TRIP TO BAJA. The MBA group is faced with the challenge of building I thought it was flawless. Everything from beehives, which are then donated to economically the easy trip through the border to the disadvantaged families who are members of a woman’s quality of the hotel and the company visit to honey cooperative in Mexicali, Mexico. Not only do the a local eyeglass manufacturer was just great. students learn about group dynamics, leadership and Everything was professionally organized and strategy, but they also move through the project with a appeared seamless in execution. Due to the deep sense of commitment and pride in knowing that quality off this trip I expect to take advantage they are contributing to a social venture by providing a of more of the Ahlers Center programs.” finished product to a family in need. “THIS WAS A GREAT WAY TO GET TO The MSGL students have special sessions on the KNOW OUR COHORT BETTER. We were thriving entrepreneurial business culture in Baja able to connect more easily being outside the California through company visits and lectures. professional environment of a classroom.” Through these experiences the program participants are not only able to gain valuable insight on their “It was an INSIGHTFUL, WONDERFUL fellow classmates and themselves but also on business EXPERIENCE and very well organized.” activities just across the border.
30 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO Dual Degree Programs The USD School of Business offers MBA students an opportunity to earn a dual degree from two of our partner universities abroad: Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tec) in Mexico and WHU, Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany. Dual degree candidates from these campuses spend one year of study at their home university and then one year at USD. Conversely, dual degree USD MBA students experience living and studying in Mexico or Germany for a year after having completed one year of study at USD. This program allows students to receive two master’s degrees, an MBA from USD and another business degree from either Tec or WHU, in approximately 22 months of full-time study. The Ahlers Center is facilitating the development of additional dual degree programs at both the graduate and undergraduate level. New dual degree programs in our Master’s of Finance program have been structured with Renmin University (Beijing, China) and Shanghai International Studies University (Shanghai, China). We also recently joined the International Partnership of Business Schools (IPBS), which is a consortium of business schools supporting the design and delivery of dual degrees for undergraduate business students. Dual degree collaborations have been designed with Universidad Pontifica Comillas-ICADE (Spain) and Dublin City University Business School (Ireland). These partnerships provide the structure for our undergraduate business students to study two years abroad, two years at USD, have internships in two countries and receive two degrees that reflect cultural and business knowledge from Europe to the USA and beyond.
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 31 32 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY OFFERED
28 COURSES in 19 international locations during the academic year 2015-16
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 33 Undergraduate Major and Minor in International Business Ahlers Center supports USD’s international business majors and minors through initiatives such as: • International Business Club and Mentor Program • Membership in the Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education (CUIBE) that includes an annual business case competition • ABC’s of International Trade Certificate Program • Ahlers Center Fellowship Program International Business Club ABC’s of International Trade The Ahlers Center advises the International Certificate Program Business Club, and assists in conceptualizing This five-workshop program was designed and organizing numerous events for club in partnership with the Americas members throughout the academic year. These Competitiveness Center from Tecnológico events provide opportunities for students to de Monterrey, and offers USD and Tec become acquainted with a variety of career de Monterrey undergraduate business paths in international business, network with students an opportunity to delve into the local business professionals, and enhance their mechanics of international trade. Local professional development. Events this past industry professionals lead these interactive year included guest speaker presentations, workshops, offering students a closer look at an alumni networking evening that brought current trends and relevant skill sets needed together current and graduated international for a variety of professions within the field of business majors and a semester-long mentor international trade. program, which paired 13 students with business professionals working in the students’ industry “THE MENTOR PROGRAM gave me the insight, the and discipline of interest. Mentors came from a network and the tools to better prepare myself for the wide variety of companies including Qualcomm, industry I sought to learn more about.” Sempra Energy, WD-40, Cymer, Reebok, Wells – student who was paired with a mentor in Fargo Bank, Starbucks and Northrop Grumman. corporate social responsibility
“THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CLUB’S MENTOR PROGRAM has been an integral part of my education here at USD. It has allowed me to grow my network in a comfortable setting, which has attributed to opportunities not found in the classroom setting.” – student who was paired with a mentor in the logistics and operations department for a multinational corporation
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200 STUDENTS ACTIVELY DECLARED INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MAJORS AND MINORS IN SPRING 2016
CUIBE International Business Case Competition The Ahlers Center is a member of the Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education (CUIBE) and has participated for the last four years in the annual CUIBE International Business Case Competition, held at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2015- 16, we selected and prepared a team of four USD undergraduate business students majoring or minoring in international business to compete in the case competition, held in November 2015. The team took home second place in the competition, from a field of 16 universities from across North America. In the weeks leading up to the competition, the students received customized training from USD School of Business professors, who volunteered their time to develop workshops that helped prepare the students for case analysis, presentation and teamwork excellence. The real-world business case allowed the students to demonstrate analytical and problem solving abilities in a cross-discipline scenario under a time constraint and with limited information. Personalized feedback from the case competition judging panel, comprised of industry professionals and business professors, further added to this valuable professional development and learning experience.
Ahlers Fellowship Program AHLERS FELLOWS: KAYLA MEIJER ’16 The Ahlers Center offers international business international business majors and minors a chance to further their academic major with a focus on Latin America, minor in development through the Ahlers Center for International environmental studies Business Fellowship Program. This program aims to prepare distinguished international business majors and MATT ONEY ’16 minors for the global marketplace through experiential marketing major, learning opportunities. This past spring, the first group minor in international business of Ahlers Center for International Business Fellows graduated. As fellows, they were able to supplement their academics through opportunities such as short- term study abroad programs, semester exchanges, I-SHEN “KELLY” WU ’16 international practicums, case competitions, the ABC’s of double major in account- ing and international international trade workshop and internships. Now that business they are alumni, they have committed to mentor future international business majors and minors in their efforts to build a global mindset at USD and beyond.
AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 35 Scholarship Support Through the support from the Ahlers Center’s endowment and the generosity from various donors, approximately $70,000 was distributed in scholarships for the 2015-16 academic year. Help us continue to provide additional scholarship support for our students:
“I can truly say that I had a LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE on this trip. The opportunity to visit these beautiful cities, not only to see the sites, but immerse yourself in the culture from a business prospective is something that is very unique about this program. It is a fantastic experience that may lead to the opportunity to go work abroad for a couple of years or the rest of your life. I could not be happier with my experience, and I thank the Ahlers Center for helping to make this possible! Merci!” “Recently I was lucky enough to travel with USD –SPENCER ANDREWS ’16 MACC to Madrid and Lisbon for a LIFE-CHANGING AND MIND-ALTERING EXPERIENCE. I am The Ahlers Center’s multifaceted programs are made tremendously grateful for the opportunity possible through the generosity of the Ahlers family to be able to reflect on my time there and endowment, alumni, and community members. To communicate my gratitude to the Ahlers Center help us continue to provide additional scholarship for their generous scholarship. Their additional support for our students, please visit: funding helped open three critical doors for http://www.sandiego.edu/ahlers/giving. further personal growth. Through donors’ generosity, I was able to expand my thinking entrepreneurially, socially and culturally.” –TIM MULLEN ’16 MBA
36 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO AHLERS CENTER FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD The School of Business faculty includes professors distinguished for their research and contributions to the field of international business. Members of the Ahlers Center Faculty Advisory Board selected from the ranks of the School of Business faculty share their expertise in setting the direction and promoting the activities of the Ahlers Center.
JOHANNA HUNSAKER Professor of Management and Chair, Department of Management AMITKUMAR KAKKAD Assistant Professor of Operations Management PRIYA KANNAN-NARASIMHAN Assistant Professor of Marketing ALYSON MA Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of Economics MANZUR RAHMAN Professor of Finance JUSTINE RAPP Assistant Professor of Marketing CHARLES TU Daniel F. Mulvihill Professor of Commercial Real Estate PENGCHENG ZHU Assistant Professor of Finance
AHLERS CENTER ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF (left to right)
DENISE DIMON Associate Provost for International Affairs and Director of the Ahlers Center MARIEL LOPEZ International Programs Coordinator ALLISON HOWITT Academic Programs Manager KANANI MEHEULA International Programs Associate DANIELLE LEVANETZ Assistant Director ERIN KELLAWAY External Programs Manager AHLERS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS School of Business University of San Diego 5998 Alcalá Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492
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